NY LOVES OBAMA

Supporting Obama, the latest on the political side of the tees. He was in the city yesterday if ya didn't hear.

Ofcourse the tweeked version. by my man EQ

The Freshness comin out of Colombia...

These are some of the designs that Im selling out here in NYCity. They are all designed and screen printed by your boy Federico. If you are interested in coppin' aka purchasing please give me a shout. Tees are going for $20, obo, ha. I do postal service or if your in the city drop bye Union Square. I try to come out with new designs every week so stay in tune for the latest and freshest styles. One love and god bless...

Federico

March on Washington!

I came back to Chocolate City to help fight for the cause with my Peace In Iraq Shirts. Thank you to all who purchased and supported my art AND came out on a very important day. Those who are visiting this site from having met me are probably 10% of the people that I met, being that I only had about 10 business cards on me. I hope you all made it home safe and enjoyed the day as much as I did. Thanks again for support my shirts and Peace in Iraq. And if you are a new comer to my page please leave me a comment saying hi. Thanks again... federico

(ps - the shirt posted is from the last march, dont be confused)

Toney Sketch

Something I sketched up of my little cuz Toney. His look reminds me of the Classic Che photo.

Colombia La Bella

Some of whats in the works to come...let me know what you think. thanks, federico

Darjeeling - Best Short Film - Shern Sharma

My boy Shern that I traveled off to India with, who lives in Australia, is a film maker and he entered one of his dope films Darjeeling in the RMIT Student Film Festival not to long ago. Not thinking that he was going to win, he stayed home on the night of the award ceremony editing a music video. Shern recieves a call from a friend telling him that he won best Short Film. He didn't believe. After about a ten minute talk with his friend, who had to persuade him that he really had won, Shern finally believed! He won funding for his next production, a shine award and golden class season ticket to a great film theater in Melbourne (his city in Aussie country.) Big Ups to my man!! PEEP THE FILM ABOVE! (I finally got your film on youtube fooL! ha)

my new fav. Mag - FRANK 151

If you guys haven't been buy Franks Chop Shop (19 Essex Street, LES,) you should! Franks (which is classic barber shop) is the only place I know where you can pick up these amazing pocket-size magazines. Each issue is curated by a different person and has a whole new power-punched theme. The theme is this issue is pretty much the LA life-style, curated by Mr. Cartoon and Estevan Oriol. I highly recommend that you pick one up or holler at me I'll give you mine (when I'm finished with it... ha)

Struggles of 43 bucks

Last night, I was super tired but like always, I got stuck working on the computah. Finally I took a minute to look out the window, you know, check out the block and I saw a new friend of mine, T., standing on the corner. I met T. about two months ago when I took a pic of him off Knickerbocker (pic above.) He sells incense, cds and tapes. He had just gotten back from selling his stuff in Harlem. He told me that he had made a sad $43 dollars in the past two days and that he was ready to go home because he had not gotten any sleep in 48 hours. "I dont know where the money is anymore," he told me. As Ive began selling on the street, I definitely know what he's talking about. Its tough out here. Making $43 dollars in two days is rough. So I just wanted to give you guys another perspective of what goes out there, especially if your making big bucks, cant forget the others.

Union Square Sales!

On Wednesday, August 15th I finally made my way out to Union Square to sell some of my tees! After learning how to lug all my stuff from BK to Manhattan I was a little tired, but somehow I got my act in gear and made some sales. I want to say thanks to all those cool people that I met that day. The group of chicks that were selling next to me, BIG UPS! You guys are gonna be millionares sooon! Thanks for telling me that I was selling too for too low a price... yea maybe Five Bucks is too low. ha. Big ups to Caser from Mexico who writes, the two school teachers who were straight DOWN FOR THE CAUSE! Click HERE to peep their website. Cant wait till their program pops off. And big ups to all those who were interested in my work and helped give me encouragement to keep getting out and selling my work! Below is what Im currently selling at the moment... Come find me at Union Sqaure or give me a shout right here...! Once again big ups to everyone.. please come and visit! - rico

Re-Capping this year

Year 2007 has taken me to some extreme places. I feel blesses to have been able to get out and see so much! So far this year I have gone to India, Colombia and Canada. I told my buddy Neil today that Im not going anywhere for a good three months! IM STAYING IN NYCITY! (well I got to go home and check in on the fam every once and a while in VA.) But before I get to far ahead of myself I was to share some of the experiences I had while I was not in America the great... Click on that funny thing below that looks like a buncha pictures...cuz it is ;) My Colombia Trip!

I didn't win, but I am home!

Hello my fans... or those who are still there. I am back, finally! After a nice trip to the mother land, a wedding and a couple scuffles in Brooklyn against this warm weather. Well, I took off out of this country, because, 1) my cuz was going back to school in august 2) because of Eamonn's marriage with ms. Emily. BUT 3) Most importantly I left because I was not a winner (which is totally cool) of the HP's 35th Anniversary Calculator Video Competition. If I had won, I would have been flown to LA for the award ceremony, on July 15th! When I found out that I wasn't a winner I hopped a flight for Medellin! They told me that my video wasn't selected it did not have an HP Calculator in it. Sadly, the one I owned I lost, but still, I thought that that would make for an even more creative video. Here is a video that did win, and if you didn't see my video "Where Did Ya Go" just scroll down.

MY HP Calculator Contest Video

This is the video that I made for the HP Calculator Contest. It is simple, but effective and funny... ha.. brandon hooked it up! All I had to do was show how HP CALCULATORS have been a part of my life. In this film I show how... well you check it out. I filmed this whole thing using my small Sony Powershot 4.1 MegaPixel Camera and a little Final Cut Express.

Memorial Day Shirt!!

Whats up mi gente? After some long hard hours at designing and printing, the Memorial Day 2007 Shirt is done and ready for sale! Over this Memorial Day weekend my brother Steve and I will be selling these shirts. Each shirt has a little touch of the beautiful city in which I was raised, Washington DC, along with a remembrance to those fallen in Vietnam and all US Combat. On the back there is a homage to the Rolling Thunder Bikers that ride in to the Capital for the weekend. We have lots of these... and their selling like Hot Cakes... let me know what you think of them and if you'd buy one for a SPECIAL BLOG PRICE! $15 bucks! much love...

willy's tee.. lil cuz

Going home this weekend! Surprise style... ; ) Its Grandma's Day... and saadly mama isnt in town. So im also gonna see my lil cuz'ns. This is for william... I got some blank kids shirts from the job. Something for Willy to rock. I wanted to do this for a long time, this is a first time with the paint markers and a tee... so dont laugh, ha (someday im gonna have a lil kids line...). Wanted you guys ta see.. I wish I could do this all day, AND get paid for it....

Price for the War... and rising

$424,074,186,518




crazy huh...? and the number keeps going up. peep the site --> United For Peace and Justice

Freedom Writers...

I was talking to my homegirl Kristy tonight (Big Ups Krist!) She is like my sister... and whenever I talk to her she always puts me on a whole other level and helps me see through alot of the BS that we go through everyday. Tonight we were talking about our experiences working at Gunston Middle School and how I knew that Kristy was going to make a great teacher when she finishes up with her degree. During the conversation she mentioned this movie "Freedom Writers" and how it made an impact on her. I checked out the trailer and I can really feel this movie. I HAVENT SEEN IT YET, but I will soon. If you haven't seen it check the trailer,it looks good... thanks Kristy

*bling edition*

So it was Shern's birthday about a month ago, yea I forgot, but you know I still got love for my brother. Had to keep it NYC to the fullest.. and he told me he wanted one. So I copped him the fresh White gold on Yellow piece. (you know you want one)

Second, this is a ring from some club somebody hit me on off facebook.com. The "FRUM CLUB." Hey, Im down! ha Peep this ring that somebody had made... not bad huh?

Zaragoza Tee's

These are some of the latest Tee's Ive done. They are for Zaragoza Boxing Gym off the Myrtle Broadways stop on the J train. The owner, Wilson, and I have become good friends and were tryna work together to help promote his gym and my designs. Its kind of a low-key design, but there are better and badder to come!


holler if you want one

ricky jewelez

commin soon... a lil something classic im tryna do

Ian Reid's Videotape Interview

yo big ups to Ian Reid and Inquiring Mind Mag. on doing a dope interview. If you haven't seen his video "Sex, Hood, and Skate Videotape" ya gotta peep it!! I was lucky enough to meet Ian a couple weeks ago at Brooklyn Circus. He is a mad cool cat... his vid even has a little of the chocolate city... DC Baby! Click here to peep the interview.